’Mid fadeless hues of countless flowers

That bloom in that sun-bright clime.

4 Ear hath not heard, and eye hath not seen,

Their swelling songs, and their changeless sheen;

Their ensigns are waving, their banners unfurl,

O’er jasper walls and gates of pearl,

That are fixed in that sun-bright clime.

5 But far, far away is that sinless clime,

Undimmed by sorrow, unhurt by time;

Where, amid all things bright and fair, is given